1. Scottish Enterprise Global Trends Wheel ‘Wealth, ‘Health &,
Middle class spending power
The workplace of the future
New education world order
Rising incomes & expectations
Rising inequalities & social unrest
Multiple inequalities
Health reimagined
BIG city living 
World on the move 
Education driving empowerment
‘Youth bulges’ 
An ageing world 
Connected populations
Power of the crowd
10bn humans? 
‘Wealth,
Global growth slowing
Global centre of gravity moves East & South
‘Health &,
‘Citizen’ science 
Global R&D networks 
‘Growing, Ageing, Moving’
Knowledge’
‘People Power’
New mega & mid city dynamos
Technology ethics 
People & Society
‘Economic Power Shifts’
Globally mobile skills
‘Bodycraft & the ‘biobody’ 
More machines = fewer jobs?
Neurotechnoloy boom 
‘The Age of Techno-Optimism & Fear’
Consumption explosion
The Economy
Intelligent machines at work! 
Technology
Diverse & fragile multi-polar world
Exponential spread of IOT 
‘Globalisation 2.0’
Physical Environment
Politics
The Digital Age 
Deeper economic connectedness
& contagion risk
Profusion of technology 
‘Resourceful Planet?
‘Future State’
Highly complex tradescape
breakthroughs & innovations
Climate change adaptation 
Broader & deeper globalised value chains?
Changing energy mix 
Political instability
Polarised politics
Circular economy working? 
Multi-level governance
New agri-tech solutions 
Risk of resource nationalism, 
competition & conflict
Food & nutrition insecurity 
Severe water stress 
Continued degradation of 
Engaged citizens
Transparency & inclusiveness
Diffusion of power beyond the state
the natural environment
Data driving better, faster decisions